This is a library of perfboard and single-sided PCB effect layouts for guitar and bass. I'm not an electrical engineer by any stretch of the imagination, just a DIY'er who likes drawing layouts. It is meant for the hobbyist (so commercial use of any of these layout is not allowed without permission) and as a way to give back to the online DIY community.

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Monday, November 23, 2015

Tokai Metal Driver

The Tokai Metal Driver was built in Japan in the early-mid 80s and is very similar to the Pearl OD-5 of the same era. In some ways it's basically a Tube Screamer, with the same input/output buffers, but the tone control is rather unique and the sound is apparently very different from your standard TS-9. Original units use 2SC1571 transistors with BCE pinouts, but I've drawn the layout for CBE transistors that you're more likely to have on hand. Here's one of the few demos I could find of it. Skip ahead to around 2:30.

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